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Man gets jail time for shooting dogs over slain cat
A Virginia man has been sentenced to three months in jail for shooting into an occupied vehicle and killing two dogs over the death of his rescue cat.
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Jury finds Md. nurse not guilty of murder of estranged husband
After spending 18 months in prison, just before the holidays, Anne Allen of Laurel, Maryland, is a free woman. A jury acquitted the former Walter Reed National Military Medical Center nurse who was in the midst of divorcing her husband, Scott Horn, 62, when he was killed.
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Probation violation adds time to man’s 49-year sentence
Alphonzo Lewis Lawson violated his probation when he shot and wounded his neighbor last year.
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Deputy charged with assaulting family member, rape
Powhatan County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of domestic dispute early Monday and, after an investigation, a Goochland County Sheriff’s deputy was charged with assault and battery of a family member and rape.
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Ex-officer released, still appealing manslaughter conviction
Virginia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Kinney said Stephen Rankin was released Monday from the Dillwyn Correctional Center.
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My Take: Hospitals aren’t safe anymore, either
On My Take, Clinton Yates reminds listeners that guns are designed to kill.
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Judge rules it’s probable Arlington man was killed by ex-girlfriend’s lover
Judge Francis O’Brien heard testimony and evidence against Jitesh Patel, 42, of Woodbine, Maryland in a hearing Monday. After hours of testimony, she ruled there is probable cause Patel killed 40-year-old John Giandoni in March 2018.
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2 more men convicted in Md. high schoolers’ double murder
In a monthlong jury trial, prosecutors described how the men, and two others, conspired to murder the two teenagers in a Montgomery Village parking lot by luring them to their deaths, under the guise of soliciting tickets to the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony.
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Md. bartender who murdered 3 sentenced to consecutive life terms
Karlief Moye, 32, pleaded guilty in September to killing the manager and co-owners of a Bowie restaurant in January 2017. At the defense’s request, he’ll be referred for mental health treatment.
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Chris Watts’ father-in-law calls him ‘heartless monster’ during sentencing for killing pregnant wife, young daughters
Chris Watts, 33, was convicted in the murders of his pregnant wife and their daughters. He spoke out to reporters in August, saying his wife and daughters disappeared without a trace.
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Man arrested, charged with DUI after fatal Woodbridge crash
A Woodbridge, Virginia, man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Sunday after a crash that killed a passenger of his car.
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Police: Downstairs neighbor shoots 1 in Prince William Co. apartment complex
David Alvin Tynes Jr., 69, is accused by Prince William County police of shooting a 20-year-old man during a party in the Woodbridge apartment complex where he lived.
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Police: Teen’s ex-boyfriend says he strangled her in Fairfax Co. park
At a preliminary hearing, Nebuyu Ebrahim told a detective that he expected to have an argument with his ex-girlfriend Jholie Moussa that January afternoon, but the encounter turned deadly.
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Former Montgomery Co. employee pleads guilty to embezzling $6.7M in county money
He was supposed to help business startups grow. Instead, a former Montgomery County employee admitted he stole $6.7M from the county’s Department of Economic Development.
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DC high school student is 5th suspect arrested in shooting death of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson
A fifth person person has now been arrested in the shooting death of a 10-year-old girl, who was gunned down over the summer walking to an ice cream truck with a $5 bill in her hand.
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